Planting different types of seeds requires slightly different techniques. Here, Barbara demonstrates how to plant an annual, in this case Browallia ‘Marine Bells’.
Ready to Begin

Planting the Seeds

The Final Step

[Read more →]

Before starting to plant your seeds indoors, it’s best to assemble all the items you’ll need for the task. In this video, Barbara shows you what those items are. Scroll down beneath the video for Barbara’s summary.

Here’s what I use to start my plants inside:
1. 3 or 4” plastic pots – filled with [...]

[Read more →]

 
You may remember, earlier this summer, Helen and I planted some old-fashioned varieties of pole beans in a pot with some herbs.  Well, this is my third harvest, and there’s more to come.  The yellow beans came first, then the purple and now the green & more purple.  I’ll definitely do this again next year! 

[Read more →]

Clematis tangutica is a beautiful climbing vine that blooms from mid to late summer.  While the waxy yellow bell-like flowers are small (3cm-1.25″) - they cover the vine.   The flowers are produced on the current year’s growth, so any pruning must be done early in the spring before it starts to grow.  Clematis tangutica climbs by twining.  It is a terrific [...]

[Read more →]

What a mouthful!  And yet, what a wonderful vine.  This lovely climbing woody vine takes sun and some shade, but unlike climbing hydrangea (Hydrangea petiolaris) that can take years to bloom, it will bloom practically from the first year you transplant it from the pot into your garden.  However, one attribute it does share with climbing [...]

[Read more →]

 
This gorgeous show-stopper is easy-to-grow and full of colour for almost 4 full weeks.  The one pictured here is in week #3.  Plant it next to a fence so it can climb, or at the base of a bush so it can scramble through the branches.  Clematis grow well in full sun or partial shade.  After it [...]

[Read more →]

We planted this young Mrs. Cholmondeley clematis plant a couple of weeks ago, but it hasn’t yet found its way up the fence, so Barbara is giving it some help by tying it back.

[Read more →]

Here’s an update of the clematis that was just budding a week or so ago.
clematis-update-june-15

[Read more →]

This Gravetye Beauty Clematis survived some rude treatment over the winter, but as you’ll see it now lives to bloom another season!

[Read more →]

If you don’t want to look at a bare cedar fence in your garden but would rather see it covered with lush greenery and blossoms, consider training a clematis plant to climb and spread all over it. In this video, Helen plants a variety called “Mrs. Cholmondeley”. No, we’re not kidding.

[Read more →]